194 General Notes. \^x^^\ 



Muscivora forjicata (Gmelin). 

 Muscivora tyrannus (I^innaeus). 

 Onychorhynchns regius (Gmelin). 

 Onychorhyiickits s-vainsoni (Pelzeln). 

 Onychorhyiiclam tnexicauus (Sclater). 

 Onychorhynchus occidenialfs (Sclater). 



— Harry C Oberholser, Washington, D. C. 



Variation in Size in the Wood Pewee. — The Wood Pewee {Horizopus 

 ■virens') throughout the whole breadth of its breeding range, from Florida 

 to Newfoundland, shows a nice gradation in size from large examples in 

 the south, to .««a// examples in the north. This fact seems worthy of com- 

 ment as the northern examples of a species are generally characterized by 

 being larger. The greater size of the southern bird has heretofore been 

 commented upon by Mr. C. J. Maynard {in verbis). The birds from the 

 north average, Males. : Wing, 3.30 — ; tarsus, .52 ; bill (from nostril to tip), 

 .38 — ; width of bill (at nostrils), .26+. Extremes: Wing, 3.18 to 3.42; 

 tarsus, .46 to .54; bill, .30 to .43; bill (wd.), .25 to. 29. Females: Wing, 

 3.15; tarsus, .49+; l^i'l. -38+; bill (wd.), 25 + ' Extremes: Wing, 3.iito 

 3.18; tarsus, .45 to .53; bill, .36 — to .40; bill (wd.), .24 to .27. Those 

 from the South (arbitrary dividing line, Lat. 42"), Males: Wing, 3.41+; 

 tarsus, .53+; bill, .40 — ; bill (wd.), .28+. Extremes: Wing, 3.30 to 3.55 ; 

 tarsus, .51 to 57; bill, .39 to .43 ; bill (wd.), .27 to .32. Females: Wing, 

 3.17+ ; tarsus, .52+; bill, .38+; bill (wd.), .27+. Extremes : Wing. 3.08 to 

 3.45; tarsus, .50 to .58; bill, .37 to .40; bill (wd.), .25 to .29. These meas- 

 urements were taken from a series of thirty-two specimens. 



It is also interesting to note that both the figures-by Catesby and Abbot 

 (Auk, XIII, p. 104), show the pronounced hook and larger size of the south- 

 ■ern bird's bill. For the use of specimens my thanks are due to Drs. Walter 

 Faxon and C. W.Richmond, Messrs. Witmer Stone, William Brewster, H. 

 B. Bigelow, and others. — Reginald Heber Howe, Jr., Longwood, Mass. 



The Meadowlark (Sturnella magna) at Rangeley, Maine. — Although 

 the Meadowlark has been found at several localities in northern New 

 England the capture of a male at Rangeley, Maine, April 21, 1897, by 

 Mr. Ernest L. Haley, is perhaps worth recording. The specimen, which 

 is in high spring plumage, has been recently purchased for me by Mr. 

 M. Abbott Frazar, to whom I am also indebted for the qbove data. — 

 William Brewster, Cambridge, Mass. 



The European Starling in Connecticut. — December 3, 1900, I took a 

 male Starling {Sfurniis vulgaris) in North Haven, Conn. The bird was 

 alone late in the afternoon, and flew from up the river into some trees 

 near the edge of the Qiiinnipiack Marshes. I judged from its actions that 

 it was looking for the blackbirds which every autumn roost in large num- 

 bers iri the rushes near where it was shot, and with which it may have 



